Expertise

Dr Katharina Landes advises national and international companies on all matters of IP law. She has many years of experience, especially in the fields of trademark, design, copyright and competition law. Along with strategically advising on and managing of large international trademark portfolios, another key area of her activities in the field of IP is judicial representation in disputes.

Dr Katharina Landes also has particular expertise in IT and data protection law, as well as health law. Her activities in the field of IT law include managing complex software projects, IT carve-out projects etc., as well as procedural representation in disputes. In the field of data protection, she advises, for example, US clients on data protection requirements for their German subsidiaries.

Her expertise in health law includes, in particular, the fields of medical advertising law, medical device law and pharmaceutical law, as well as pharmacy law and professional law for the healthcare professions.

Her sector focus is on the fields of healthcare & life sciences, trade and services, and media and entertainment.

Dr Katharina Landes is also the firm’s data protection officer.

Career

After studying law at the University of Bonn, she also obtained her doctorate there under Prof Dr Löwer, on a topic of constitutional law. Following her doctorate, Dr Katharina Landes completed her legal training in Cologne. During this time, she also worked, for example, at the ARD liaison office in Brussels (Belgium), in the WDR legal department in Cologne, and at the international advertising agency BBDO in Düsseldorf.

She was admitted to the bar in 2007.

Teaching activities and lectures

Teaching activities for the specialist lawyer training course on copyright and media law at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences